Welcome to the Hotel Oklahoma, or the Skirvin Hilton

Even as the Rockets departed Tuesday afternoon for a night at the allegedly haunted Skirvin Hilton hotel in Oklahoma City, they said they were glad for the opportunity to spend a couple of nights at home after Sunday’s Game 1.

“It was good to sleep in our own beds and to be at home and focus on what we need to do,” said guard James Harden. “When we get (to Oklahoma City), it’s strictly business.”

Coach Kevin McHale, who made the decision to leave Oklahoma City after Game 1, said he was satisfied with Monday’s film session and what he described as a “good, crisp practice” Tuesday.

Rumors of specters at the Skirvin, Oklahoma City’s oldest hotel, date back to tales of the hotel’s original owner in the early 1900s. The Knicks and Bulls have complained of things that go bump in the night, and Britney Griner and the Baylor women’s basketball team were eliminated in the women’s NCAA Tournament regional after being billeted at the Skirvin.